Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The Band's Live Performance From The Academy Of Music Gets Remastered

Coming this Tuesday, September
17, is the high-profile release of The Band's 1971 concert at New York
City's Academy of Music. The new set features four newly remastered CDs
worth of live material from the four shows The Band performed at the end of the
year in 1971, including the entire uncut New Year's Eve show that featured
special guest Bob Dylan. A fifth disc is a DVD featuring the songs in 5.1 Surround mixes, and also offering newly discovered
footage of two songs filmed by Howard Alk and Murray Lerner along with pictures
from the Band's run of performances.

Guitarist Robbie Robertson was not happy with the
remastered version of the album "Rock of Ages," which featured songs
from that string of shows. He decided to take matters into his own
hands by remastering and producing the shows with help from Michael
Murphy, Matt D’Amico and Bob Clearmountain. The final product is housed in a
deluxe, 48-page hardbound book with previously unseen photos, a reproduction of
Rolling Stone’s original "Rock of Ages" review by magazine
co-founder Ralph J. Gleason, an essay by The Band’s Robbie Robertson, and
appreciations of The Band and the set’s recordings by Mumford & Sons and
Jim James of My Morning Jacket.